Regular season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/28/2017

This page lists DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average) for total defense as well as rushing and passing defense separated. The DVOA system is explained here. All numbers below are adjusted to an average schedule of opponents and an average percentage of fumbles recovered by the defense. The exceptions are the three columns marked NON-ADJUSTED. Rushing includes all rushing, not just running backs.

LAST YEAR represents 2015 rank. WEIGHTED DEFENSE is adjusted so that earlier games in the season become gradually less important. It better reflects how the team was playing at the end of the season.

VARIANCE measures the statistical variance of the team's weekly DVOA performance. Teams are ranked from most consistent (#1, lowest variance) to
least consistent (#32, highest variance). SCHEDULE represents the average offensive DVOA of all opponents, with teams ranked from hardest schedule to easiest schedule.

Remember, since positive numbers represent more scoring, defense is better when it is NEGATIVE.

TEAM

DEF.DVOA

LASTYEAR

WEI.DEFENSE

RANK

PASSDEF

PASSRANK

RUSHDEF

RUSHRANK

NON-ADJUSTED

VAR.

RANK

SCHED

RANK

TOTAL

PASS

RUSH

1

DEN

-18.3%

1

-19.1%

1

-31.1%

1

-3.8%

21

-16.3%

-26.1%

-5.2%

6.0%

23

3.9%

3

2

NYG

-14.5%

30

-18.0%

2

-6.7%

4

-25.3%

2

-11.1%

-3.3%

-21.8%

4.8%

15

2.6%

5

3

ARI

-13.6%

3

-12.2%

3

-9.8%

3

-18.3%

7

-13.3%

-11.1%

-16.0%

5.5%

19

-3.1%

28

4

PHI

-12.4%

17

-7.9%

6

-11.8%

2

-13.3%

13

-9.2%

-6.6%

-12.8%

8.1%

32

5.3%

1

5

SEA

-10.6%

4

-6.7%

9

2.5%

13

-24.9%

3

-11.1%

0.6%

-23.9%

4.5%

13

-3.2%

30

6

BAL

-9.9%

20

-5.8%

12

-0.9%

10

-23.6%

4

-6.3%

3.0%

-20.4%

7.3%

29

3.1%

4

7

SD

-6.8%

28

-6.9%

8

-2.5%

9

-12.6%

15

-8.0%

-3.0%

-14.6%

1.9%

2

0.2%

14

8

MIN

-6.6%

14

0.2%

18

-2.8%

8

-11.7%

16

-7.7%

-3.3%

-13.7%

4.9%

17

1.2%

10

9

HOU

-5.8%

8

-6.0%

11

-4.7%

5

-7.2%

18

-3.4%

0.4%

-8.1%

3.7%

8

2.4%

6

10

CAR

-5.3%

2

-7.9%

5

1.1%

11

-15.1%

9

-2.1%

7.0%

-15.8%

3.6%

7

1.5%

8

11

PIT

-4.7%

11

-7.7%

7

1.7%

12

-14.0%

11

-3.8%

1.2%

-11.0%

7.7%

30

1.0%

11

12

JAC

-3.1%

26

-3.1%

13

5.6%

15

-13.5%

12

-3.8%

5.0%

-14.3%

4.1%

11

-0.4%

19

13

TB

-2.9%

18

-9.0%

4

-4.7%

6

-0.7%

26

-0.1%

0.4%

-0.6%

7.9%

31

1.7%

7

14

KC

-2.8%

6

-2.0%

14

-4.2%

7

-1.1%

25

-4.6%

-4.1%

-5.2%

7.2%

27

-0.4%

18

15

LARM

-2.0%

7

-0.5%

17

11.6%

20

-20.3%

6

-2.2%

9.6%

-18.0%

2.1%

3

0.0%

16

16

NE

-1.8%

12

-6.4%

10

13.1%

22

-23.3%

5

-6.5%

1.8%

-18.5%

4.2%

12

-6.7%

32

TEAM

DEF.DVOA

LASTYEAR

WEI.DEFENSE

RANK

PASSDEF

PASSRANK

RUSHDEF

RUSHRANK

NON-ADJUSTED

VAR.

RANK

SCHED

RANK

TOTAL

PASS

RUSH

17

CIN

0.8%

10

-0.9%

16

4.3%

14

-4.0%

20

0.0%

1.3%

-1.8%

4.6%

14

-0.9%

22

18

DAL

1.1%

19

-1.0%

15

11.0%

19

-15.8%

8

1.8%

12.7%

-17.0%

5.8%

22

0.0%

17

19

MIA

1.6%

25

2.8%

21

5.8%

16

-3.4%

22

1.1%

2.1%

-0.1%

6.8%

26

-1.7%

23

20

GB

2.5%

9

5.6%

23

13.2%

23

-13.2%

14

3.4%

15.3%

-14.1%

6.1%

24

0.1%

15

21

NYJ

3.7%

5

0.9%

19

28.9%

31

-28.1%

1

6.3%

28.6%

-22.0%

6.4%

25

1.2%

9

22

OAK

4.3%

15

2.0%

20

15.1%

25

-8.4%

17

4.4%

14.0%

-7.1%

2.6%

4

-0.8%

21

23

CHI

5.0%

31

6.5%

25

6.9%

17

2.7%

29

7.2%

10.1%

3.5%

5.6%

20

0.5%

12

24

TEN

6.4%

23

8.3%

27

18.8%

27

-14.4%

10

2.3%

14.6%

-18.4%

4.9%

16

-4.1%

31

25

WAS

6.8%

21

7.3%

26

13.4%

24

-1.7%

24

7.9%

14.1%

-0.2%

1.8%

1

0.3%

13

26

ATL

7.3%

22

4.1%

22

10.7%

18

1.7%

28

6.7%

12.7%

-2.9%

3.5%

6

-2.3%

26

27

BUF

7.8%

24

10.0%

28

12.3%

21

2.9%

30

5.7%

9.0%

2.3%

7.2%

28

-3.2%

29

28

SF

12.1%

27

13.6%

30

21.7%

28

3.3%

31

12.3%

20.1%

4.9%

3.4%

5

-2.3%

25

29

IND

12.5%

13

6.2%

24

17.9%

26

4.5%

32

9.8%

15.7%

1.0%

5.4%

18

-3.1%

27

30

CLE

14.5%

29

14.3%

31

26.7%

29

1.6%

27

19.2%

31.4%

6.2%

4.1%

10

4.3%

2

31

NO

14.6%

32

13.2%

29

27.4%

30

-3.2%

23

10.5%

24.9%

-9.7%

3.7%

9

-2.3%

24

32

DET

18.5%

16

16.2%

32

36.2%

32

-4.1%

19

18.0%

37.6%

-7.2%

5.7%

21

-0.5%

20

2016 DEFENSE vs. TYPES OF RECEIVERS

2016 season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/28/2017

DVOA ratings represent value from the point of view of the defense,
not fantasy football players, and include items that have no impact on fantasy football
(such as how many interceptions are caught on passes intended to certain receivers).
DVOA of defense against receivers does not include sacks or passes with no
intended receiver listed. Passes per game and yards per game are more useful for
fantasy football players. These numbers are adjusted based on the opposing offenses
and include defensive pass interference.

Note that our decision of which receiver is 'number one' and which receiver
is 'number two' is somewhat subjective. Teams are ranked in order of general
passing defense DVOA.

Numbers in red represent NFL averages for the season.

vs. #1 WR

vs. #2 WR

vs. Other WR

vs. TE

vs. RB

Rk

Team

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

1

DEN

-29.6%

2

8.2

51.7

-58.5%

1

5.0

24.4

-24.0%

4

5.4

31.2

-20.7%

5

8.0

58.9

-7.1%

15

6.7

41.9

2

PHI

-18.5%

3

9.0

80.3

1.6%

17

6.7

52.2

2.3%

18

6.8

52.4

-52.8%

1

4.8

29.2

-11.9%

9

7.2

38.3

3

ARI

-5.0%

10

7.6

69.3

17.2%

27

7.4

54.3

-1.2%

13

8.1

62.6

-19.7%

6

4.7

25.6

-43.5%

1

5.6

24.0

4

NYG

-29.7%

1

8.7

55.5

-12.8%

5

6.9

56.1

-14.2%

7

7.1

59.5

15.7%

26

8.3

69.7

-25.8%

3

8.0

37.6

5

HOU

1.8%

17

9.6

78.5

-38.1%

2

5.7

39.2

1.8%

17

5.9

36.8

-40.6%

2

6.7

35.2

23.3%

28

5.8

41.6

6

TB

-5.5%

8

9.2

71.4

-2.1%

13

6.3

55.1

-18.5%

6

5.5

41.9

-22.4%

4

7.7

52.2

16.6%

26

5.8

41.4

7

KC

0.2%

14

9.3

72.0

-10.0%

6

6.8

55.3

-24.9%

3

8.4

56.4

3.4%

20

5.8

46.5

-20.5%

4

6.8

33.3

8

MIN

-1.9%

12

7.8

55.0

-4.2%

10

5.4

42.2

-23.9%

5

8.1

47.4

12.3%

24

6.7

56.9

-12.1%

8

7.2

40.0

9

SD

-10.4%

6

8.0

70.5

5.7%

22

6.2

46.8

-25.0%

2

6.4

49.0

-2.1%

15

7.1

52.1

-3.5%

17

8.0

46.4

10

BAL

-5.9%

7

9.0

73.5

-6.3%

7

7.2

55.7

9.9%

22

5.5

36.3

-28.8%

3

7.7

47.1

12.7%

24

6.6

42.8

11

CAR

6.1%

24

8.9

76.0

-1.1%

15

6.8

55.1

10.1%

23

6.2

46.4

-7.9%

9

8.5

56.3

-8.4%

12

7.7

44.1

12

PIT

19.8%

32

8.9

85.2

-18.9%

3

7.1

41.6

-30.4%

1

6.6

36.9

-4.4%

13

8.1

58.9

3.3%

19

6.5

49.0

13

SEA

1.3%

16

9.2

75.3

22.3%

31

5.6

50.1

-3.2%

11

5.5

44.3

-1.3%

18

6.5

43.8

-20.3%

5

6.3

36.7

14

CIN

-0.4%

13

5.7

47.4

8.1%

25

5.9

44.9

-2.2%

12

7.0

50.7

-1.8%

17

9.0

73.2

-7.7%

14

7.8

44.4

15

JAC

0.9%

15

8.0

58.7

4.4%

19

6.3

51.0

16.1%

29

6.3

46.2

-1.9%

16

6.4

51.4

-28.5%

2

6.9

34.1

16

MIA

-15.1%

5

9.4

85.7

-15.6%

4

6.1

34.5

22.9%

31

6.4

51.1

4.7%

21

8.0

57.1

-11.1%

10

6.8

36.2

x

NFL

0.0%

x

8.4

69.8

0.0%

x

6.4

49.5

0.0%

x

6.8

50.7

0.0%

x

7.4

54.4

0.0%

x

6.7

40.3

vs. #1 WR

vs. #2 WR

vs. Other WR

vs. TE

vs. RB

Rk

Team

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

DVOA

Rk

Pa/G

Yd/G

17

CHI

12.3%

27

6.9

68.8

-1.7%

14

7.5

54.4

0.2%

15

6.4

51.1

18.2%

28

6.2

47.9

-10.5%

11

6.5

31.5

18

ATL

-3.4%

11

8.4

61.5

-5.6%

8

7.6

58.7

14.5%

27

7.2

55.1

-5.6%

12

8.9

61.4

16.5%

25

9.1

53.4

19

DAL

-5.0%

9

8.2

61.6

3.1%

18

7.1

52.8

-11.9%

8

7.1

47.5

31.2%

30

8.9

75.5

-2.2%

18

7.4

42.6

20

LARM

3.7%

21

7.2

53.0

-3.8%

11

7.8

56.9

17.8%

30

8.9

69.8

-6.0%

10

6.1

36.2

-20.1%

6

6.1

35.6

21

BUF

3.1%

19

7.3

68.6

-0.4%

16

6.4

47.1

12.0%

25

6.0

50.4

-5.9%

11

6.3

44.8

7.9%

21

5.4

36.1

22

NE

3.6%

20

8.4

72.9

-5.6%

9

6.3

45.7

4.0%

19

7.0

50.7

-3.4%

14

8.6

49.5

9.2%

22

7.7

51.8

23

GB

12.3%

28

8.6

75.0

18.0%

28

6.6

58.0

13.7%

26

6.6

55.4

-17.4%

7

7.5

62.5

-7.9%

13

6.4

38.1

24

WAS

4.4%

22

9.7

82.9

18.1%

29

5.4

46.0

10.5%

24

5.7

46.0

13.0%

25

9.1

77.1

-16.4%

7

6.5

35.8

25

OAK

-17.0%

4

8.2

64.9

5.0%

20

5.7

56.1

6.0%

20

7.9

55.0

7.7%

23

7.6

65.4

9.8%

23

5.0

36.1

26

IND

13.7%

29

9.1

79.7

-3.3%

12

5.8

53.0

-1.1%

14

7.5

49.6

33.1%

31

8.0

71.2

38.5%

31

6.6

44.6

27

TEN

2.5%

18

9.9

86.8

21.7%

30

7.3

66.3

0.2%

16

9.0

52.4

-14.8%

8

7.9

54.7

36.3%

30

6.4

48.8

28

SF

19.1%

31

7.7

72.0

7.6%

24

6.4

46.3

-7.0%

9

5.9

48.9

17.5%

27

7.7

55.3

17.1%

27

5.2

34.0

29

CLE

14.9%

30

7.4

63.2

6.0%

23

6.4

45.5

-4.5%

10

6.9

51.6

39.7%

32

7.2

63.5

3.5%

20

5.9

37.0

30

NO

5.5%

23

8.5

73.4

11.3%

26

5.8

50.4

15.3%

28

7.7

70.2

4.8%

22

7.7

52.4

43.4%

32

7.0

51.3

31

NYJ

11.5%

25

8.1

77.6

25.1%

32

6.5

47.5

7.7%

21

7.0

58.0

0.9%

19

7.5

48.9

-5.9%

16

5.8

32.9

32

DET

11.5%

26

8.5

67.4

5.0%

21

5.8

39.4

27.4%

32

6.2

60.4

21.7%

29

7.5

60.7

34.4%

29

7.1

46.8

x

NFL

0.0%

x

8.4

69.8

0.0%

x

6.4

49.5

0.0%

x

6.8

50.7

0.0%

x

7.4

54.4

0.0%

x

6.7

40.3

2016 DEFENSE BY PASS DIRECTION

2016 season totals, playoffs not included

Revised as of 7/28/2017

As with the defense vs. receivers table above, this following table does not include sacks or passes with no intended receiver listed. These numbers are adjusted based on the opposing offenses and include defensive pass interference. Short passes are defined as passes going up to 15 yards through the air; deep passes go 16 or more yards through the air. All directions are listed from the offensive perspective.